Posted on 08/12/2022 5:07:15 PM PDT by simpson96
Iraqi actress Enas Taleb is taking legal action against The Economist magazine after it used her image as a cover photo for a story about obesity among women in the Middle East.
The British weekly's story — Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world — argued that social barriers and a lack of access to jobs were keeping women indoors and preventing them from going to gyms or playing sport in public areas, leading to an obesity crisis.
At the end of the article, the magazine quoted some women as saying that one of the widespread social norms in Arab countries is that many men prefer them “to be Rubenesque”.
The magazine did not interview Taleb, but its story concluded with the line: “Iraqis often cite Enas Taleb, an actress with ample curves, as the ideal of beauty."(snip)
Earlier this week, she told the Arabic news channel, Al Arabiya, that the article was “a great insult to the Arab woman in general and the Iraqi woman in particular”.
The mother of two claimed that she is not as large as the photo depicts her, accusing the magazine of “manipulating and distorting” it.
“I have been facing bullying and offensive comments,” she told the station from Amman, Jordan, where she resides. Taleb is seeking compensation for emotional, mental and social damage.
She did not provide details about the lawsuit.
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Adjective
𒃲 • (gal) (plural 𒃲𒃲 (gal-gal /galgal/))
big, large, great, full-grown
Maybe she identifies as thin.
I’ll weigh in with pudgy or plump.
What a hideous outfit. She would probably look really nice in something flattering.
But... won’t the defendant ask her height and weight, maybe pull out a scale... she’s not exactly thin.
Two-stooler.
I like women a little thicker than what most men would want, but she still could lose a few pounds.
“Gravitationally Enhanced”
A simple BMI will throw this out of court.
They have Golden Corrals over there? Don’t tell Stacey Abrams.
She had a case, but she ate it.
A femme fattah..she did not miss many pitas.
Best line of the night!
Lay off the falafel, Enas
What is your verdict, Laz?
Isn’t the gray whale on the endangered species list?
You win!
If the fat shoe fits, wear it on your bloated, overburdened foot, honey.
Big boned?
Res ipsa loquitur
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